The cultural and economic trends of Cinema in Ireland and Wales [...]... Proportion of cinemas visited Interreg zone cinemas Nº cinemas Visited Ireland 26 17 Wales 24 15 Total 50 32 1.3 CINEMA VISITS The core of the research involved a series of visits to cinemas throughout Ireland and Wales during July, August and September 2003 In line with the brief, at least 50% of the cinemas in the Interreg IIIA zones and at least 33% of the remaining cinemas were visited by the consultants... Table 1.2 (Continued over leaf) 2 Limerick Filmhouse is a proposed new cultural cinema, being developed under the auspices of Belltable Arts Centre The cultural and economic trends in Cinema in Ireland & Wales 19 CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1.3.2 Cinemas visited in Ireland contd Cinema name Operator Dara Cinema Storm Cinemas Diamond Cinema Diamond Cinemas Oscar Cinema Independent Gaiety Cinema Independent... key changes to the sector in both countries The decline in the number of cinema sites in Ireland is largely the result of older, uneconomic cinemas closing, in some instances as a result of a new multi-screen or multiplex cinema opening within the catchment area In most instances the newer cinemas have more screens than the venues which close 2.5 SECTOR STRUCTURE The composition of cinema types between... Capital cities The characteristics of the cinema sector in the capital cities require special attention The cinemas in both Dublin city and the greater Cardiff area account for one-third of all screens in Ireland and Wales respectively Over half of all cinema admissions in Ireland come from cinemas in Dublin city A similar situation exists in other countries including England where the Greater London... sectors in Ireland and Wales Chapters 2 – 7 detail the results of the audit and field study undertaken in the summer and autumn of 2003 Chapters 8 – 12 examine major issues identified during the research, gaps in cinema provision, issues of accessibility, the advent of digital cinema technologies, the current state of public funding for cinema, and a discussion on the impact of cinemas Chapter 13 outlines... details the number of cinemas visited in each country and in each Interreg zone Table 1.2 and 1.3 detail the specific cinemas visited Non-interreg cinemas Nº cinemas Visited 38 14 33 15 71 29 Total cinemas Nº cinemas Visited 64 31 57 30 121 61 Table 1.1 1.3.2 Cinemas visited in Ireland Cinema name Operator Ormonde Ward Anderson Abbey Centre Cinema Abbey Centre Trust Cineplex Michael Collins Cineplex Independent... authorities and cinemas in both Ireland and Wales It is recommended that this should be brokered by the Arts Council through their existing networks, and by Sgrîn in Wales (working in partnership with the Arts Council of Wales where appropriate) and linked to the Cinema Task Force work The cultural and economic trends in Cinema in Ireland & Wales 9 SUMMARY Executive Summary Cinema buildings Recommendation D.. .The roll-out of D -cinema in the UK and Ireland – assisted largely by the UK Film Council and European DocuZone – and E -cinema – especially through Carlton Screen Advertising’s efforts – will result in much greater attention on these new cinema technologies during 2004-05 A range of opportunities for cinema exhibitors in Ireland and Wales to become involved with these systems already exists The D -cinema. .. Lottery or Cultural Cinema Consortium funds It illustrates the low level of national and local authority funding for venues in Ireland, reflecting to some extent the (commercial) structure of the sector It also illustrates the higher level of local authority and national agency funding for cinemas in Wales, reflecting the high proportion of arts Ownership structure of cinemas in Ireland and Wales Concentration... Heritage Arts Centre in Tipperary and the Abbey Centre in Ballyshannon which has one multi-use auditorium, plus two dedicated cinema auditoria Other arts centres in Ireland are included in the section on film societies The cultural and economic trends in Cinema in Ireland & Wales 27 CHAPTER 2 Context Structure of the Welsh public cinema sector Wales - Interreg Arts centre / theatres Single Screens 2-4 . The cultural and economic trends of Cinema in Ireland and Wales